It was one bun in the oven that the Tavern on the Green just didn’t want to serve.
Jamie Mora, a former assistant to Tavern owner Jennifer LeRoy, claims in a lawsuit that she was fired only days after telling her boss she was pregnant.
The suit couldn’t come at a worse time for LeRoy, 30, who is waiting to hear from city officials whether her family will continue to operate the highly profitable Central Park restaurant.
The high-strung heiress hired Mora to handle her personal and business affairs in 2004 and to make herself “available to Ms. LeRoy 24 hours a day, seven days a week throughout her tenure at Tavern,” according to court papers.
Mora was fired without warning in October 2007, eight days after she told LeRoy of her pregnancy, according to the Aug. 3 Manhattan federal court filing.
She is seeking an unspecified amount of back pay along with damages.
LeRoy’s eatery is a concession regulated by the city Parks Department. The LeRoys have been running Tavern since 1973, but the license expires Dec. 31.